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Mehmed Şevki Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 200 kuruş
  2. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Namazgâh İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi (ilave)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · 8 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 200; 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi (Nakil)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Namazgâh İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi (ilave)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    4. Namazgâh İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi (ilave) (Nakil)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. İzmir İdadi Mektebi Rumca muallimi

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    7. Fransızca Muallimi

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Fransızca Muallimi · 5 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Fransızca Muallimi

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Fransızca muallimi (İnfisal)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye müfettişi (ek görev)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    4. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye müfettişi (ek görev) (İnfisal)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 34 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 360; 400 kuruş

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Polis üçüncü komiseri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · 3 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 400; 450 kuruş

    1. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru (İnfisal)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 39

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Encümen müfettişi

      · Calculated age 39 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Encümen müfettişi · 3 career entries · 650 kuruş

    1. Encümen müfettişi

      · Calculated age 40

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Encümen müfettişi

      · Calculated age 40 · 650 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Encümen müfettişi (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 40

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesPolis İlave Altıncı Bölge üçüncü komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

03256501889/90AH 13071899/1900AH 13171889/90 (AH 1307) · Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · Izmir (İzmir) · age 30 · 200 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · Izmir (İzmir) · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Hamidiye İptidai Mektebi Türkçe, Coğrafya ve Hesap muallimi · Izmir (İzmir) · age 32 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · İzmir İdadi Mektebi Rumca muallimi · Izmir (İzmir) · age 32 · 600 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye müfettişi (ek görev) · Izmir (İzmir) · age 32 · 500 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye müfettişi (ek görev) · Izmir (İzmir) · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 33 · 400 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 34 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 35 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 37 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Polis üçüncü komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 360 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 38 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Kütüb ve Resail Muayene memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 39 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Encümen müfettişi · age 39 · 450 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Encümen müfettişi · age 40 · 650 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Antakya [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
English
tekellüm ve kitâbet (biraz) [source]
French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education
Antakya İsevi mektepleri rüşdiye ve idadi kısımları [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İzmir [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

    NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 210, 211, 212

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